Pennsylvania teachers heading out of state to find jobs. Hunting for a position as a first-grade teacher in Pennsylvania became a full-time job for Williams Township native Sarah Widmer. After Widmer graduated from Shippensburg University in 2012, she immediately began her job hunt, applying to every school district in Pennsylvania; all 500 of them.
By Definition. A single board foot of lumber measures 1 inch thick, 12 inches wide and 12 inches long. The formula for calculating board feet is first to multiply thickness by width by length -- in inches. Then divide the total by 144 for the total board footage of a given board.
It would be nice if a board foot was really 1/12 of a cubic foot. But, a softwood 2x4x12' (8 BF) is really 1.5x3.5x12.0' (5/12 cu ft and not 8/12 cu ft). For hardwoods, a piece of lumber that is 1-7/32 thick and 7.49 wide and 12' long is 7BF. So is a piece that is 1.0 thick x 6.5 x 12'.